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I Can Say, I Slept in Saudi Arabia!”, is a true story based on diaries the author kept when she lived in Saudi Arabia with her husband in the mid 1980s. It tells how she was able to go there when her husband was offered a one year contract to work for their bus company, SAPTCO, and the contract stated, “No wife”. This story tells how she managed to get there to live, and what she did when she got there. The chapter titles hint at the many experiences the author had;… More >>

I Can Say, “I Slept in Saudi Arabia!”

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring … More >>

Through Persia on a side-saddle,

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The highly successful “Globetrotter Travel Series”, which includes Travel Guides, Maps and Road Atlases, presently covers more than 80 destinations worldwide. The Packs are excellent value, including both a guidebook and a softcover version of the fold-out “Globetrotter” map of the region, in a printed plastic wallet.The handy pocket-size guide is packed with useful information, tips and recommendations, accompanied by colour photographs, charts and maps for the fir… More >>

Egypt Travel Map

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The mysterious cities of the dead, Egypt’s desert Necropoli, set the scene for this book. It is based on the journey of Lucie Duff Gordon in the last century, but interweaves the modern-day experiences of the author, and life and death in ancient Egypt. Lucie Duff Gordon, suffering from TB, went to Egypt to die and in fact survived long enough to become deeply involved in the culture and to live almost as a native Egyptian…. More >>

Lucie Duff Gordon: A Passage to Egypt

This is Israel;

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At stake was up to 5 million barrels a day of high-grade crude oil. At risk were the lives of 1,300 employees of the major oil companies and their families working in Iran in December 1978, when revolutionaries overthrew the Shah and wanted everything that went with him – including Western oil personnel – out of the country, or dead. At the helm was the author of this personal and highly revealing memoir. A Scottish lawyer working for the French oil company, Total, … More >>

Evacuate!

The Inner Guide To Egypt

Turkish coffee and the fertile crescent;: Wanderings through the Lebanon, Mesopotamia, Israel, Jordan and Syria

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Did you ever wonder what it is like to live in the Middle East? Read this personal account of an American who spends 8 months a year in Turkey, on the exotic Mediterranean Sea. Go inside the Turkish homes with her and experience the flavors of the Orient, where East meets West.

“I loved the Turks from the minute I met them and I loved Turkey from the first day I visited there. I spoke to other Americans who have visited Turkey and they also have good th… More >>

American in Turkey

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This collection of historical travel essays spans the course of the twentieth century, beginning with the war in Armenia and ending with similar battles of Lebanon. In between, Matthew Stevenson writes with humor and compassion about Cold War politics “Trials of Alger Hiss,” the battle for Okinawa, the bomb at Nagasaki, and the Florentine banks of the Medici family. Lastly the book includes early trips the author took Around the World and on the famed train, the T… More >>

Remembering the Twentieth Century Limited